The Lutheran Hymnal ‎#587

587. Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep

1 Asleep, in Jesus! Blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.

2 Asleep in Jesus! Oh, how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet,
With holy confidence to sing
That death has lost his venomed sting!

3 Asleep in Jesus! Peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blest;
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Savior's pow'r.

4 Asleep in Jesus! Oh, for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie
And wait the summons from on high.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep
• Title: Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep
• Author: Margaret Mackay (1832, cento)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1941
• Scripture:
  1 Thessalonians 4:14
• Topic: The Last Things: Death and Burial

Tune Information

• Name: REST
• Composer: William B. Bradbury (1848)
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: D Major